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Unable to Enter Desktop Environment on Fefora Rawhide

Posted: 30. Apr 2019, 13:46
by charchar
After booting, when I try to login into a desktop, it seems that the Xorg server crashes and simply returns to the login screen. Examining dmesg indicates a deadlock with the Guest Additions video driver.
VirtualBox 6.0.6 r130049
Host: Windows 10, Guest is Fedora Rawhide x64 with 8 GB of RAM and with Guest Additions installed.

VBox.log attached.

At the moment< I do not know how to extract my VM's dmesg.

Re: Unable to Enter Desktop Environment on Fefora Rawhide

Posted: 30. Apr 2019, 14:42
by mpack
VBox.log wrote: 00:00:43.438861 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 6.0.0 r127566 '6.0.0'

Re: Unable to Enter Desktop Environment on Fefora Rawhide

Posted: 30. Apr 2019, 16:15
by charchar
My mistake.

Re: Unable to Enter Desktop Environment on Fefora Rawhide

Posted: 30. Apr 2019, 16:39
by socratis
00:00:06.633937   VMSVGA3dEnabled  <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:06.633937   VMSVGAEnabled    <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
Switch from "VBoxSVGA" to either "VBoxVGA" or "VMSVGA". The "VBoxSVGA" is the default for Windows guests, not Linux guests.
charchar wrote:when I try to login into a desktop, it seems that the Xorg server crashes and simply returns to the login screen
I've seen that in the past. If there's a "cog" under your login name, try the "Gnome classic", if such an option exists. Otherwise, try without 3D acceleration, and update the Guest Additions.

Re: Unable to Enter Desktop Environment on Fefora Rawhide

Posted: 30. Apr 2019, 21:14
by charchar
What are the technical differences between VBoxSVGA, VBoxVGA, and VMSVGA. If that is covered in the user's guide, I don't have convenient access to it.

Re: Unable to Enter Desktop Environment on Fefora Rawhide

Posted: 30. Apr 2019, 23:00
by socratis
charchar wrote:What are the technical differences between VBoxSVGA, VBoxVGA, and VMSVGA
The "technical differences" between them? I don't have the slightest idea! Seriously, why do you care? They're virtual GPUs, and what I do know is in the User Manual, ch. 3.6.1 Screen Tab.

Other than that, you could study the source code...